Umbrella.



PATENTE@ JUNE 13, 1905.

G. ERGSON.

UMBRELLA.

APPLIOATION FILED DB0.1,19o4.

ATTOR/VE No. 792,408. PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905. G. ERICSON. UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION FILED DEU.1,1904.

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WIM/8853:

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES Patented June 13, 1905.

GOTTFRID ERICSON, OF NET YORK, N. Y.

UNIBRELLA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,408, dated June 13, 1905.

Application iiled December 1, 1904. Serial No. 235,022.

To all wil/0m, it mfG/y concern:

Be it known that I, GOTTFRID ERIosoN, a citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Umbrella, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

The invention relates to a folding umbrella; and it resides in certain special features of construction and arrangement of parts enabling' the umbrella to be simply and durably constructed and manipulated quickly and easily.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, illustrating, as an example, the preferred embodiment of my invention, in which drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view illustrating by full lines the umbrella extended to its normal length and closed and by dotted lines the positions which the parts assume in the act of opening or spreading the umbrella and when open or spread. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view showing the umbrella folded. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing a locking-ring and its holder, which ring is employed for assisting in the folding operation; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view showing the sliding connection between the sections of the ribs and the engagement of the braces therewith.

The stick of the umbrella comprises, in addition to the handle 10, a tubular upper section 11, fastened to the handle; a rod 12, iitted slidably therein; a link 14, articulating said rod to the reduced end of a rod15, and a. link 16, articulating the other reduced end of the rod 15 to a rod 17, terminating in a tip 18 and linally in a sleeve 19, in which the second reduced end of the rod 15, the link 16, and the rod 17 are slidable.

The rod 12 is provided with two springcatches 2O and 21, which are oppositely disposed and of the usual or any desired construction. These catches project through slots in the sleeve 11 and coact witlra runner 22, the spring-catch 2O limiting the movement of the runner toward the handle and the spring-catch rod 17 and project through openings in the sleeve 19.l The catch 23 serves to hold the runner releasably in the position indicated by the broken lines in Fig. 1. and the catch 24` serves to limit the movement of the runner toward the tip 18.

25 indicates alocking-ring which is intended to be used in connection with the stretchers to assist in the folding operation, all of which will be fully brought out hereinafter. The ring is held normally in inactive position (shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3) by means of springcatches 26, attached to the runner 22 and projecting through an annular flange 22u on said runner.

At its outer end the sleeve 19 carries securely a collar 27, to Vwhich are pivoted the sections 28 of the umbrella-ribs. The ribs comprise, in addition to the sections 28, sections 29, these sections being mounted on each other by means of slides 30. (Best shown in Fig. 4.) Said slides are provided with eyes 31, which facilitate fastening the cloth 32 to the rib-sections 28. The outer ends of the ribs have the outer edges of the cloth attached thereto in the usual manner. The runner 22 has the stretchers 33 pivoted thereto, and at their opposite ends the stretchers are pivoted to slides 34, which run on the sections 28 of the ribs.

When the umbrella is in use and assuming the parts to be in the adjustment shown in full lines in Fig. 1, in order to spread the umbrella the ribs should be thrown outward to the dotted position indicated in Fig. 1 by the Roman numeral I. Then by moving out the runner 22 the parts will assume the spread position shown by the dotted lines indicated by the Roman numeral l1. In order to effect this operation, it is necessary to depress the catch 21 temporarily to permit its runner to clear it, and when the parts are spread the runner is held by the catch 23, as shown in the View referred to. Iny order to fold the umbrella, the catch 2O is depressed and the handle 10 raised from the position shown in Fig.

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1, the handle carrying with it the sleeve 11, which slides on the rod 12. This sliding movement is limited and a complete separation of the parts prevented by a slot 35 in the rod 12 and receiving a key-pin 36, attached to the sleeve, as shown in Fig. 1. The rod 12 and sleeve 11 then assume the relative po sition shown in Fig. 2, and the handle 10, sleeve 11, and rod 12 may then be turned, owing to the pivotal connecting-link 14. Then the rod 15 should be drawn out of the sleeve 19 until the link 16 clears the end ot the sleeve, and the rod 15 may then be bent back alongside of the sleeve 19. This draws the tip 18 into the sleeve 19, as Fig. 2 shows. Previously to these movements the runner 22 should be moved over the adjacent end of the sleeve 19 and the slides 34C moved along the rib-sections 28 to the position shown in Fig. 2. Then the ring should be dropped by releasing the catches 26, so that the ring incloses the stretehers 33, holding them in this position, and linally the rib-sections 29 should be telescoped on the sections 28, whereupon the parts will assume the folding position illustrated. They may then be secured, for example, by tying the strap 32u around the cloth.

This device, it will be observed, forms a strong light umbrella which may be extended and used in the usual manner. When the parts are folded as described, they are contracted in length approximately onefrfth ol the normal length of the umbrella, so that the umbrella may be conveniently packed in a Satchel or carried or stored in any other desired manner.

Various changes inthe form, proportions, and minor details of my invention may be resorted to at will without departing 'from the spirit and scope thereof. Hence l consider mysel'tl entitled to all such variations as may lie within the terms of my elaim.

Having thus described the preferred form of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A folding umbrella having a 'folding stick, stretchers and extensible ribs, a runner adapted to move on the stick and connected to the stretchers, a ring adapted to move over the stretchers when in folded position, a flange formed on the runner and adapted to be engaged by the ring when inactive, and springcatches attached to the runner and projecting through the llange, and engaging the ri ng movably to hold it in place.

In testimony whereoil I have signed my name to this specilieation in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GOTTFRID ERTCSON.

Witnesses:

IsAAo B. OWENS, EVERARD BoL'roN MARSHALL. 

